WFM Market News - October 3rd, 2024
It’s the first Market of October, and we are loving the warm days and cool nights. Veggies and apples are plentiful right now, so take advantage of renewed SNAP and HIP to continue purchasing the best foods the Market has to offer. If you enjoy canning or freezing produce for winter use, now is the time to stock up!
Kids, don’t forget your POP Bucks! Some of you have been saving them up, so think about what you want to buy with them before they expire on October 17th.
See you Thursday!
The WFM Management Team
Vendors & Community Partners at the Market This Week
**HIP Accepted *SNAP Accepted
B’s Breads* – Assorted Sourdough Breads
Baystate Pediatric Palliative Care
The Bread Basket* – Breads and Pies
Classic Grille – Hamburgers made with locally sourced beef.
Crescent City Snowballs* – New Orleans Style Snowballs
Crystal Clear Emotions – Handmade Sterling Silver Jewelry
Daggers Meadery – Local Honey Mead
Doce Mercer* – Cold Brew Coffee, Flavored Iced Teas, Baked Goods
En3rgyUp Organic Juices* – Organic Juices and Ginger Shots
Growing with Minerals** – All Natural Herbs, Vegetables, and Products
Livingstone Mycology** – Gourmet Mushrooms
Mimi’s Hilltop Apiary*– Raw Honey, Beeswax Skincare
Northside Creamery* – Premium Handmade Ice Cream
Pignatare’s Farm** – Fruits, Vegetables, and Flowers
Quabbin Hill Farms** – Vegetables, Microgreens, CBD Products
Ray’s Family Farm** – Fruits, Vegetables, and Flowers
Sandy Hill Apiary* – Local Raw Honey & Beeswax Products
Sharpen Something! – Knife Sharpening
Sweet JJ’s* – Cookies, Tarts, and Pastries
West Parish Orchards* – Apples
Wicker Woman Herbals* – Herbal Products
Mack Soaps
It's Mack Soaps final farmers market appearance of the season. Stop by and stock up on your favorite soaps and pick up a few bars for holiday gifts!
Growing With Minerals
Growing With Minerals is an all-volunteer urban farm in Westfield. Volunteers work to restore the soil biology and grow healthy and healing vegetables with all the flavor and nutrition God and nature intended. Offering fresh vegetables, plants, herbs and natural healing products.
Livingstone Mycology
Livingstone Mycology is a gourmet mushroom farm in Williamsburg, MA. We use recycled coffee grounds, spent brewers grain, and wood shavings from a cabinet maker to grow high quality gourmet mushrooms. We make medicinal mushroom extracts using state-of-the-art techniques to ensure highest potency possible.
Sharpen Something!
Do you need knives or tools sharpened? Sharpen Something is offering 20% off knife and tool sharpening at the market this week! Just mention this ad.
Dagger's Meadery
Join us at the farmers market to experience our Granville, MA farm meadery! We craft exceptional meads using our own farm’s honey and fresh fruit. Our unique flavorful meads capture the essence of the local landscape. Stop by for tastings and bring home a bottle.
Music at the Market
Harry Rock & John Severance
Noon - 2:30PM
Gary Kotros
2:30PM - 5:00PM
Bio coming soon!
Pop Club This Week
Stop by the Market Tent to check in and pick up your POP Bucks.
October means that the market is full of pumpkins, squash, apples and more! What will you find today?Don't forget: Pop Bucks expire on October 17th so if you've been saving them up, you need to use them soon!
Rachel’s Table is the premier food rescue and distribution program in Western Massachusetts, created by members of the Women’s Philanthropy Division of the Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts to address food insecurity in the region. Bring your donations of unexpired non-perishable goods and/or fresh produce to the WFM Market Tent where it will be collected by Rachel’s Table volunteers after each market.
Guess the Copper Beech Tree's Age 50/50 Raffle
Buy a $5 ticket in ECOTA’s 50-50 raffle and put in your best guess of how old you think the Copper Beech tree was when it was cut down. The raffle has been extended until October 17, 2024 and tickets are available at the church and at ECOTA’s table at the market. The drawing will be held on October 20, 2024.
If you live in MA and have SNAP, then you have HIP, which gives you $40, $60 or $80 a month put back instantly on your SNAP card when you use SNAP to buy local produce. Ask us about HIP at the SNAP Tent.
We thank the generous sponsors and funders of our 2024 season
